All 3 Uses of
perverse
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- —He's a perverted jew, says Martin, from a place in Hungary and it was he drew up all the plans according to the Hungarian system.†
Chpt 12perverted = deviated from what is considered reasonable, proper, or good
- It had better be stated here and now at the outset that the perverted transcendentalism to which Mr S. Dedalus' (Div. Scep.)†
Chpt 14
- He is prematurely bald from selfabuse, perversely idealistic in consequence, a reformed rake, and has metal teeth.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
not what is expected, or considered proper
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired
or: having the opposite effect of what is desired